It’s easy to forget that when H.G. Wells wrote The Time Machine back in 1895, the notion of travelling through time was a totally fresh and radical leap of imagination. ‘When Wells in his lamp-lit room imagined a time machine,’ writes the acclaimed American science writer James Gleick, ‘he also invented a new mode of thought.’

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‘You can fake your personality for a couple of weeks, at most ... But over the long term, your true personality will come out.’

Carmel Johnston, an environmental scientist, was the crew commander of NASA’s most recent Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) project. As part of this mission, she spent an entire year living with five other scientists…

In public, Nayuka Gorrie has emerged as a passionate young Aboriginal activist and writer, primarily concerned with black politics and feminism. She’s written incisively on topics such as her evolving views about constitutional recognition, performed her work at Women of Letters and works in the youth not-for-profit sector as a program manager.

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